The default pull: An experimental demonstration of subtle default effects on preferences

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-76

  Dhingra, Nikhil ^a   Gorn, Zach ^a   Kener, Andrew ^a   Dana, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Default; Loss aversion; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856688145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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